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Fox Class
Class of 2023-2024
Mrs Bunniss and Mrs Bourne
If you have any questions, concerns or need any support with your child's learning, you can contact me via email at: sbunniss1@stanton.derbyshire.sch.uk
Supporting your child's learning at home - Homework
Reading - Remember to read at least five times a week one of these reads should be to complete the weekly reading homework task (4 reads plus homework tasks = five reads). Please record each read in your child's home reading diary. Reading books and reading diaries should be brought into school each day. Children will receive their Read 5, Hi 5 sticker on a Friday day for completing their five reads and their reading homework task.
Children will be given spellings to complete as homework through 'Spelling Shed'. Please support your child in learning these. Please practise your weekly spellings for our spelling tests on a Friday. Children should practise their spellings as least 5 times each week.
Times Tables Rock Stars - at least 25 minutes a week.
Anglo-Saxon Day
We had a wonderful time with Adam from Primary History Workshops this half-term learning about the Anglo-Saxons. We enjoyed listening to the story of Beowulf, learning about who the Anglo-Saxons were and where they came from, exploring primary and secondary sources of evidence, having our own archaeological dig and discussing what we found. We were trained as Anglo-Saxon Warriors and got to handle some of the weapons and shields they would have used. We learned how to read Anglo-Saxon runes and used our knowledge to break a code to decide whether a helmet was Anglo-Saxon or Viking. We learned how to play and Anglo-Saxon game and finished off the day with another storytelling session. We had a wonderful day and can't wait to learn more about the Anglo-Saxons in our History lessons this term.
Bikeability
We enjoyed our first Bikeability session. We developed our confidence and skills on a bike and learned what we must do to check our bikes before we start riding them.
Viking Topic Day
Year 4 have thoroughly enjoyed their Viking Topic Day. They came to school dressed as Vikings and were given Viking names for the day. Their first job was to crack the Viking code as Vikings wrote in runes! They did a brilliant job and learned lots of Viking facts at the same time. We spent some time learning about Viking life and then used our knowledge to design our own Viking Tapestry. We made some super designs and then whilst we were in the drawing mood we had go at sketching a Viking Longboat. We then talked about the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Justice Systems. We were horrified at how brutal they were!! We finished off our day by learning about the last Anglo-Saxon and Viking Kings and completing a true or false quiz.
Electricity Topic Day
We had a great day learning all about electricity. We learned how to identify whether appliances are battery or mains powered, how to make a working circuit, how to identify if a circuit is complete or incomplete, about conductors and insulators and how to make a working switch. Please see some photos from our day below.
Tamworth Castle
We had a fantastic day at Tamworth Castle consolidating out History learning from Autumn Term and learning some new information about the local history surrounding Tamworth. We took part in an archaeology workshop where we had a go at being an archaeologist and then did a workshop about the Burh of Tamworth during the Anglo-Saxon times. In this workshop we learned about the rulers during this time and lots of facts about Tamworth. In the afternoon we had fun exploring the castle and even got to see some of the Staffordshire Hoard (Anglo-Saxon artefacts found just a few miles from Tamworth).